UMR/RTI Solar House Tean qualifies to compete on National Mall in 2005
The UMR and Rolla Technical Institute Solar House Team was one of 20 student groups from colleges and universities throughout the United States, Canada and Europe selected to compete in the second Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 2005.
Read More »Student talents shine through design competitions
With its victory in July’s American Solar Challenge attracting national attention, the UMR Solar Car Team may be UMR’s most visible student design team these days. But it isn’t the only one enjoying success in national and international competitions. Over the past year, UMR teams have won competitions with human-powered vehicles, radio-controlled airplanes and old-fashioned […]
Read More »UMR Career Opportunities Center: business of making futures
Armed and ready with resume referrals, company contacts, and loads of advice for more than 3,000 job searching students every year, the UMR Career Opportunities Center staff is in the business of making futures.
Read More »UMR student’s research on product design repositories wins mechanical engineering society award
Matt Bohm, of Carthage, Mo., a graduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a Distinguished Paper award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his research into streamlining the way product designers search for design information.
Read More »UMR, Motorola work to improve performance of wireless communications
Researchers at UMR and Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Technology Center in Schaumburg, Ill., are developing three-dimensional switches and tiny fuel cells to improve the reception quality and extend the operating time for wireless communications and other wireless sensing devices.
Read More »Butler-Carlton Building renovated, rededicated
A public ceremony to unveil the $22 million addition and renovation to the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building at the University of Missouri-Rolla was held Friday, Sept. 12, in the building’s Kummer Atrium. The event was followed by a dinner the next evening with featured speaker U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, a strong advocate for UMR’s engineering […]
Read More »Judy Raper named chair of chemical and biological engineering
Dr. Judy A. Raper, dean of engineering at Sydney University in New South Wales, Australia, will become chair of the chemical and biological engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla on Dec. 1.
Read More »Kelvin Erickson named chair of electrical, computer engineering
Dr. Kelvin T. Erickson, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, became chair of the electrical and computer engineering department on Sept. 1.
Read More »Researchers, students help clean up Nebraska site
A UMR researcher and several students are helping find new ways to clean up contaminated groundwater at a former munitions site near Mead, Neb., by recycling the water through a special type of well.
Read More »UMR researchers make stronger, more efficient metal by making it flow like chewing gum
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are patenting a process that makes metal stronger, more efficient and more cost effective — by making it flow like chewing gum. The result could be manufacturing improvements for the aircraft industry.
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